Wardrobe-bedstead



- ments in Portable Press-Bedsteads; and I.

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SATS? ai WARDROBE-BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known t-hat I, CHANDLER ROBBINS, of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the let-ters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the peculiar arrangement of the sacking, the mattress, and these combined with a portable press, the particulars of which will be hereinafter fully described.

In order that those skilled in the arts may use and manufacture my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of both the press and bed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the press the bed being within it, and hid from view. Fig. 3 is a View of the bottom of the bed, the slats, the sacking, and the mattress in part, showing the attachment of the mattress to the slats. Fig. 4 represents an end view of the cornice. Fig. 5 represents the sides of the press. Fig. 6 represents an end view of the stand on which the press sits. Fig. 7 is a view of the leg of the bed, showing its shape.

In Fig. 1 A is the mattress. C, is the sacking. D, D are the sides of the press. J, is the back of the press. B, is the top of the press, which is provided with a cornice as seen. G, G, are the legs of the bed. F, is the foot rail. K, is the bottom of the bed or the door, or front of the press. p, is the stand on which the press rests. a, a, a, are hooks for securing the sacking to the rail z', which is attached to the back of the press. The door or front K is attached to the stand on which the press rests by means of hinges at its bottom, and when let down its upper end rests on the legs G, Gr, but when raised to its perpendicular position to f orm the door, of the press, it is secured by means of the spring catches E, E, on both sides of the press. The sacking C, is so attached to the rail, z', which is secured to the back of the press that when the door is elevated to its perpendicular position, it is perfectly loose and bags down in the press and allows room for the pillows, and bolster, and the bed 19,449, dated February 28, 1858.

clothes at the head of the bed, but when the dooror front is let down to a horizontal position for the use of a bed and the sacking is drawn very tight, as though it were laced or corded. The hooks a, a, a, are secured to the sacking and may be removed and set back when the sacking stretches too much to be tight when the door is let down. The rail, z', may also be removed and lowered or raised, to suit the convenience of the person resting in the bed-the head may be made much higher than the foot for the convenience of invalids. The feet G, Gr, are attached to the foot rail by means of a screw, and being in the form seen in Fig. 7, they form a curve around the bottom of the bed and stand directly under it when unfolded. They fold in at the foot of the mattress when it is desired to turn up the bed and are at no time in the way or inconvenient.

In Fig. 3, A is the mattress. C, is the sacking supported by the springs (m, 00, w) and secured at one end tothe slat c. F, is the foot rail. c, c are the slats of the bed, which are secured firmly to the bottom. d, is a button in the second slat from the foot c, and e, is a st-rap attached to the mattress A, and passing over the button, cl, for the purpose of holding the mattress to its place, when the door is elevated to a perpendicular position. So long as the strap e is secured on the button the mattress is fast to the bed, but may be removed by unbuttoning the strap e. The strap e is attached to the mattress at the point shown by the dotted line Fig. 1, and is secured to the second slat from the foot for the purpose of allowing the bedclothes to be well' tucked under for keeping them in position-the bed being made up, before the door is raised, everything is kept smooth and ready for use when let down again.

The top of the press seen in Fig. 4, is provided with two holes on each side marked n, n, and the sides of the press seen in Fig. 5 are provided with pins m, m, at the top, and hooks 0, o, at the bottom. The pins at top fit into the holes fn., n, in the top Fig. 4. The hooks 0, 0, enter the slots 29, 0, in the stand of the press seen in Fig. 6. These slots being in the shape seen in Fig. 6, it will be seen that when the hooks in the sides of the press are shoved in the sides cannot be raised up and cannot be removed without pushing them back and then elevating them, but when the sides are adjusted to their position the back is adjusted in and held to its position by means of pins in the bottom of the back and holes in the stand. The

hooks of the sacking are also secured to the rail attached to the back, consequently the sides are kept very securely in position. The top of the press seen in Fig. 4L then is placed on, and the pins m, m, in the sides entering the holes n, n, in the top they keep each other mutually in place and form a tight secure press without the use of screws, nails, hinges or anything of the kind.

This press nand bedstead combined and constructed in the manner herein specified is a very cheap, convenient, and room saving piece of furniture. The press and bed may be taken entirely apart, piece from piece in a few minutes in case of lire, and it may be easily carried into rooms and houses and up nation, herein specified have ever before been 25 known or used.

Therefore, having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- I claim the arrangement of the attachment of the sacking to the bar I with the straps e, e, for holding the bed and clothes in position substantially as described.

CHANDLER ROBBINS. 

